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FeaturedMost PopularNeurology·January 27, 2016·4 min readSlower Mental Decline Linked to Higher Amounts of Growth Factor in the BrainA new study reports older people with higher amounts of BDNF in their brains have much slower progression into cognitive decline than those with lower amounts of the protein.Read More
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